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Friday, 10 October 2014

Merseyside Community Renewables Co-operative - Launch Event

The 10 September 2014 saw the launch of a new Liverpool-based energy company: Merseyside Community Renewables Co-operative.

Ed Gommon, leader of Merseyside Community Renewables Co-operative has attended a couple of events in London that were specifically focused on renewable community energy as research prior to the set up of the Co-operative. If you are interested in Ed's notes, these can be found in our Reading Room.

As a result of this research, Merseyside Community Renewables Co-operative (MCRC) has been established as a community owned renewable energy cooperative for the “benefit of the community”. MCRC is a social enterprise which is looking to develop, owns and operate it's own renewable energy schemes.MCRC's aims are to:

Develop, co-create and install renewable energy infrastructure, owned and controlled by the community, that will increase the resilience of the community;

Create a financially stable, community owned enterprise generating renewable energy that is capable of meeting its commitment to investors;

Provide an opportunity for local people to invest in and make financial returns from local projects and thus strengthen the local economy;

Promote and facilitate the development and deployment of other locally owned renewable energy projects across Merseyside; and

Re-invest any surpluses generated into the cooperative for the development of future projects

The L8LS team are continuing to work with Ed and to support MCRC to further their aims in developing renewable community energy.

Our Achievements

2017: Stop Loan Sharks one of only 8 organisations awarded a project grant, from over 150 applicants2017: MRWA Community Fund project 'Recycle L1578' funded2017: VOLA Consortium Member for Toxteth in the successful BBO-Include IT project2017: LCC Capacity Builders for a second year2017: Youth Providers Consortium re-selected to manage the annual grant programme2016: OFSTED rated 'Good' for community learning for Liverpool Adult Learning Service2016: Community Learning and Employability Skills Programme awarded by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2016: Youth Providers Consortium selected to manage the annual grant programme2016: LCC Capacity Builders awarded to develop and share learning with smaller third sector organisations2015: Financial Health Grade 'Outstanding' assessed by Skills Funding Agency2015: Community Learning and Employability Skills Programme awarded by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2014: Community Learning Programme one of a small number of project awarded a contract by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2014: Neighbourhood Recycling Projectthe only Liverpool neighbourhood project to be supported by the Merseyside Recycling and Waste Authority2014: Accredited Skills Training one of 4 organisations awarded a contract by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2014: Specialist Digital Skills Programme one of only 8 UKonline Centres projects in the country2013: Community Learning Programme one of 6 organisations awarded a contract by Liverpool Adult Learning Service2013: Community Capacity Builders one of only 22 UKonline Centres projects in the country2012: Communities Living Sustainably one of only 12 Big Lottery projects in the country